As luck would have it, we had yet another weekend of beautiful weather so Kit and I decided to go for a drive to Island Bay. The intention was to go snorkelling, my latest pastime after a visit to the Marine Reserve a couple of weeks previously. I became addicted to snorkelling in Australia after my adventures with Elvis the Maori Wrasse and …

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... come all this way just to sit around, so we borrow the car and go for a drive.
Makarabeach is right on the western coast of the Wellington region, totally isolated from any other settlements and a somewhat barren and cold stretch of coastline at ...

... Beach, which is sitting on a nice protected bay. All in all, it probably takes 20-30 minutes from central Wellington.
MakaraBeach consists of the main road and about two very short cul-de-sacs, with one cafe and a smattering of homes. ...

... to NZ), offerred to take me and my only flat mate who was home to one of her favorite places in Wellington. The place she took us was MakaraBeach. It was a beautiful day outside, and we brought lunch and some snacks with us. MakaraBeach isn't really a ...

... 8217;t seem to like central heating or double glazing…
Meg headed into town that afternoon so me and Ben drove up to MakaraBeach and
went for a nice walk – the beaches are all so different in NZ all absolutely
stunning though. The ...

A beautiful day walking and wandering at Makarabeach, somewhere we'd been wanting to visit for a long time. So close to Wellington but a very windswept and remote feel to it, its really somewhere that's best visited on a really sunny day - it was still ...

... has a 2 story house on its front lawn. Very tight use of land in these suburbs. Took a trip through Ohariu Valley to MakaraBeach overlooking the South Island. Very winding roads as we returned via the back edge of the city, Karori to Johnsonville. ...

... it wasn’t the best for snorkelling and decided instead to go for a wee detour to MakaraBeach. A popular tourist spot, it’s quite a distance from Wellington city and only really accessible by car. It’s a beach made of stones and we ...

... Makara to find parking a bit of a logistical problem but all sorted in the end, then we were off to give the dogs a run at MakaraBeach. The familiar "no dogs" signs put paid to that idea, so we bummed around on the beach for a little while, while ...